Warriors 115, Bobcats 100

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)

David Lee had another big game in what Golden State coach Mark
Jackson believes is already an All-Star worthy season for the
Warriors veteran forward.

Lee was impressed the way his teammates bounced back from a
disappointing loss two nights earlier.

On a night when Stephen Curry set a career high with eight
3-pointers, Lee put together one of his best all-around
performances of the season with 23 points, 11 rebounds and a
career-high 11 assists to help the Warriors extend the Charlotte
Bobcats' losing streak to 14 games with a 115-100 victory on Friday
night.

It's the 11th consecutive game in which Lee has had 20 points or
more and his 11th with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds, tops in
the NBA.

''You can pencil in 20 and 10, and then sprinkle in some other
stuff around the tree,'' Jackson said of Lee. ''He's been that good
all year long. Stef was again spectacular. Those are my leaders and
they are doing a great job of setting the tone.''

Lee did that with his third career triple-double - second with
the Warriors while Curry became the first player in franchise
history to make seven or more 3s in consecutive games. Golden
State's guard finished with 27 points.

That combo was enough to offset a solid night from Charlotte's
tandem of Gerald Henderson and Kemba Walker, who combined for 39
points.

It also got Jackson to talking about the All-Star game. Before
and after the game, Golden State's coach said both Lee and Curry
deserved consideration, though Lee isn't quite ready to get into
that discussion just yet.

''The biggest argument for me on that is we just have to keep
winning games,'' said Lee, who went 11 of 16 from the floor.
''That's the way I'm going to get to Houston or Stef's going to get
to Houston, is we just keep winning. A lot of that becomes
political and we can't do a whole lot about that, but winning games
makes our best case.''

Henderson had a season-high 23 points for the Bobcats while
Walker had 16 points and six assists.

''I thought we just kind of went cold,'' said Walker, who went 6
for 17 from the floor. ''Those guys, they just made the right plays
on offense and did a great job of moving the basketball and really
getting us out of position.''

Klay Thompson added 20 points while Carl Landry and Draymond
Green had 11 apiece for the Warriors, who have won eight of 10.

Golden State led by double digits the entire second half and
never trailed following a 14-3 run late in the first quarter.

The Bobcats, who haven't won since Nov. 4, had five players in
double figures but lost to the Warriors for the second time in 11
days despite committing only seven turnovers.

The way Golden State was shooting it didn't matter.

The Warriors (18-9) shot 51.9 percent from the floor and made a
season-high 14 3-pointers after getting 13 in Wednesday's loss to
Sacramento.

Curry, who had seven 3s against the Kings, led the perimeter
attack while Thompson went 4 for 8 from beyond the arc. That helped
Golden State complete its first season sweep of Charlotte since
2004-05, the Bobcats' first year in the league.

Charlotte, making its third stop on a four-game road trip, made
one brief run after falling behind 39-25 early in the second
quarter but didn't do much else.

Walker, who went to the bench briefly in the first quarter after
running hard into a screen attempt by Golden State center Andris
Biedrins, scored five points as part of an 11-0 run then made his
fourth 3-pointer of the first half to pull the Bobcats within
44-43.

That was as close as they could get.

''We played hard but when you get down to execution ... there's
a two-point disparity and the next thing you know it's eight,''
Charlotte coach Mike Dunlap said. ''(Lee and Curry) have presence.
They're going to have presence all year long, and we're not the
only ones that are going to struggle defending them.''

Curry, coming off a 32-point night in the Warriors' 131-127 loss
to Sacramento on Wednesday, made a pair of 3s over the final 3:40
and had 15 points before halftime to help Golden State pull
away.

Notes: Golden State committed seven turnovers in the first
quarter but only four over the final three. ... Charlotte fell to
2-12 against the Western Conference. ... The Bobcats played without
guard Ben Gordon, who sat out with soreness in his right knee. ...
New York Yankees ace and Bay Area native CC Sabathia was among
those in attendance.

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